Perspectives in Health - The magazine of the Pan American Health Organization
   Volume 9, Number 2, 2004

Millenium health targets

Goals and targets

Indicators

Goal 1 - Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

4. Prevalence of underweight in children (under 5 years of age)
5. Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

Goal 2 - Achieve universal primary education

Goal 3 - Promote gender equality and empower women

Goal 4 - Reduce child mortality

Target 5: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-5 mortality rate

13. Under-5 mortality rate
14. Infant mortality rate
15. Proportion of 1-year-old children immunized against measles

Goal 5 - Improve maternal health

Target 6: Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio

16. Maternal mortality ratio
17. Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

Goal 6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

Target 7: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS








Target 8: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

18. HIV prevalence among 15- to 24-year-old pregnant women
19. Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate
19a. Condom use at last high-risk sex
19b. Percentage of population aged 15-24 with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS
19c. Contraceptive prevalence rate
20. Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged 10-14
21. Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria
22. Proportion of population in malaria-risk areas using effective malaria prevention and treatment measures
23. Prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
24. Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under directly observed treatment short course (DOTS)

Goal 7 - Ensure environmental sustainability

Target 10: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

30. Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural
31. Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation

Goal 8 - Develop a global partnership for development

Target 17: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries

46. Proportion of population with access to affordable, essential drugs on a sustainable basis

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